Jeff Bridges.
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Oscar winner Jeff Bridges is about to come back again for the third installment of the sci-fi franchise Tron: Ares. The 74-year-old actor, who was part of the earlier two movies within the collection the place he portrayed the roles of Kevin Flynn and his digital double within the online game Clu, made the revelation on the Film Comment podcast The upcoming half shall be directed by Joachim Ronning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and fronted by Jared Leto.
“I’m heading off this Saturday to play a part in the third instalment of the Tron story. Jared Leto is the star of this third one. I’m really anxious to work with him. I’ve admired his work,” Bridges stated.
When reached by Variety, a consultant for The Big Lebowski star stated Bridges taped the episode “a while ago” and had accomplished his work on Tron: Ares.
The Tron franchise began with the eponymous 1982 movie, starring Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a pc programmer and online game developer who’s transported contained in the software program world of a mainframe laptop the place he interacts with packages in his try to flee. The film was directed by Steven Lisberger.
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In 2010, Joseph Kosinski directed the sequel Tron: Legacy with Bridges returning as Flynn and in addition that includes within the position of Clu, his digitally de-aged double in a online game. Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde had been the brand new additions to the forged.
Tron: Ares will function Oscar winner Leto as Ares, the manifestation of a program that turns into sentient and crosses over into the human world. It’s not identified whether or not Bridges will reprise any of his earlier Tron roles.
The upcoming film additionally options Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Gillian Anderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Sarah Desjardins.